Stirrup.



PATENTBD DEC. l, 1903 J. HBATON. STIRRUP.

APPLIUATION FILED MAB. 14. 1903.

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atented December l, 1903.

APATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HEATON, CADIZ, OHIO.

STIRRUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,607, dated December 1, 1903.

Application filed March 14, 1903i To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HEATON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cadiz, in the county of Harrison and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stirrups, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide a simple structure of stirrup having for its purposeto admit of ready disengagement of the foot when the rider is thrown from the saddle. The stirrup is composed of a minimum number of parts, is cheap relative to the cost of manufacture, and is otherwise possessed of desirable features which will become more clearly apparent as the description of the same progresses.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichl Figure l is a perspective view of a stirrup embodying th'e invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the stirrup. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line X X of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference charactersf v The stirrup consists of the curved shank l and the supporting-arm 2, integrally formed Serial No. 147,817. (No model.)

shown at 9', upon the outer side and readily permitting disengagement of the foot should the rider be thrown, in a manner which will be clearly understood. The housing S is secured by any suitable fastenings, such as rivets or the like.

It is designed that the stirrups be made especially for the right and left feet, the cutaway portion 9 of the housing being disposed upon opposite sides relative to the structure of the said right and left stirrups. The treadblock 3 may of course be readily removed when worn and a new block replaced, it being only necessary to straighten the upturned portion 7' of the arm and remove the fastenings 45. The housing 8 may be also removed when circumstances are akin to those indicated relative to the tread-block.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. A stirrup comprising a curved shank and supporting arm extending at approximately right angles to the shank, a treadblook, a longitudinal slot disposed upon the under side of the tread-block and overlapping' extensions disposed upon the sides of the aforesaid slot, said slot being adapted to receive the supporting-arm of the stirrup, and a housing extending over the tread-block, around the supporting-arm, and having a side thereof cut away, substantially as described.

2. A stirrup comprising a. curved shank and supporting arm disposedr at approximately right angles to the said shank and forming an integral extension thereof, a tread-block removably secured to the supporting-arm of the stirrup and provided upon its engagement of the foot therefrom, substan- :o underside with a longitudinal slot to receive tially as described.

said supporting-arm, attaching means for se- In testimony whereof I affix ny signature cningherd-bloek tifhe suppoing-arm, in presence of two Witnesses.

t e en o e suppor ing-arm elng u turned to provide a stop to prevent displaere- JOHN HEATON' [Lf S] ment of the tread-block, and a housing eX- tending upon one side of the stirrup and out away upon the opposite side to permit dis- Witnesses:

GRACE HOST, JESSE SMITH. 

